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Abdi Tabari, Mahmoud; Miller, Michol – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
Although several studies have explored the effects of task sequencing on second language (L2) production, there is no established set of criteria to sequence tasks for learners in L2 writing classrooms. This study examined the effect of simple ?complex task sequencing manipulated along both resource-directing (± number of elements) and…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ellis, Nick C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Responds to Major's (1996) and Ioup's (1996) criticism of this author's theory of language acquisition. The author agrees with both critics that abstract systems of phonology are acquired. He concludes that the proper study of language acquisition is to chart the course by which perceptual, motoric, and cognitive functions induce structure. (31…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Audiolingual Methods, Child Language, Constructivism (Learning)